The corporation has contacted the social media giant over the designation on the @BBC account to resolve the issue "as soon as possible". When BBC News highlighted to the Twitter boss that the corporation was licence fee-funded, Mr Musk responded in an email, asking: "Is the Twitter label accurate?"He also appeared to suggest he was considering providing a label that would link to "exact funding sources". The national broadcaster's output is also paid for through the work of commercial subsidiaries like BBC Studios, as well as through advertising on services offered to audiences outside of the UKCollection of the the licence fee and enforcement of non-payment is carried out by private companies contracted by the corporation, not the UK government